New imines, their preparation and their pharmaceutical use

ABSTRACT

Imines of 2-formylquinoxaline-3-carboxylic acid-1,4-dioxides and their salts are obtained through treatment of the lactone or a salt of 2-dihydroxymethylquinoxaline-N,N-dioxide-3-carboxylic acid with a reactant bearing a free primary amino group. The resultant compounds and their non-toxic salts are antibacterial agents and can be incorporated in pharmaceutical compositions and feedstuffs for this use. A typical embodiment is 2(carbomethoxyhydrazonomethyl)-quinoxaline-3-carboxylic acid-1,4dioxide.

United States Patent 1191 1111 3,846,413 Seng et a1. Nov. 5, 1974 [54] NEW IMINES, THEIR PREPARATION AND 3,493,572 2/1970 Johnston 260/250 ON THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL USE 3,793,323 2/1974 Seng et al. 260/2515 [75] Inventors: Florin Seng, Colonge-Buchheim;

Kurt Ley OdenthaLGlobusch; Karl FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS Georg Metzger, 7,104,392 10/1971 Netherlands 260/240 0 Wuppertal-Elbrfeld, all of Germany Primary Examiner-John D. Randolph [73] Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft,

Leverkusen, Germany [21] Appl. No.: 359,277 [57] ABSTRACT Related [1.8. Application Data I f 2f 1 l 3 b r d l 4 mines o ormy qumoxame- -car oxy 1c ac1 [62] Dmslon of March 1971' dioxides and their salts are obtained through treatment of the lactone or a salt or 2- [30] Foreign Apphcatlon pnmiuy Data dihydroxymethylquinoxaline-N,N-dioxide-3-carboxylic Apr. 2, 1970 Germany 2015676 acid with a reactant bearing a free primary amino group. The resultant compounds and their non-toxic [52] 260/240 99/2 99/4 salts are antibacterial agents and can be incorporated 424/250 260/250 260/250 ON in pharmaceutical compositions and feedstuffs for this [51] Int. Cl C0761 51/78 A typical embodiment is 2 [58] held of Search 260/240 250 250 ON (carbomethoxyhydrazonomethyl)-quinoxaline-3- b 1' 'd-l,4-d' d [56] References Cited car my 6 UNITED STATES PATENTS 2/1968 Johnston 260/240 G 4 Claims, No Drawings NEW IMINES, THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR PHARMACEUTICAL USE This is a division of application Ser. No. 130,007 filed 'Mar. 31, 1971.

The present invention relates to new imines of 2- formylquinoxaline-3-carboxylic acid-1,4-dioxides and their salts, to processes for their preparation, to the use of the new compounds as medicaments in human medicine and veterinary medicine, to their use as feedstuff additives, especially in raising young animals, or fatstock, and to compositions adapted to this use.

The new imines and salts have the general formula:

T /N\ oooY CH=NR J, O ll).

wherein Y is hydrogen, an alkali metal cation or the cation R NH and each of R and R is identical to or different from the other and is selected from the group consisting of (a) alkyl, substituted alkyl or cycloalkyl;

in which each of R and R when taken independently is identical to or different from the other, and is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl or substituted alkyl, or when R and R are taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached a 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic ring optionally containing as a ring member oxygen, sulphur, S0 or N-alkyl;

in which X is O, S or NH and, R and R are as above defined;

in which R is alkyl or substituted alkyl;

in which R is phenyl, pyridyl or norbornyl, and X is as defined above;

in which R, R and X are as defined above; or

A preferred group of the imines and salts of the invention are those of the above general formula (I), in which:

Y has the meanings given above;

each of R and R is identical to or different from the other and is selected from the group consisting of in which X is O, S or NH, and v R and R are as herein defined;

(a) -Nrr-r i-o-iu in which R is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and

in which R is phenyl, pyridyl or norbornyl, and X is as herein defined.

Aliphatic groups embraced by R and R include straight-chain or branched alkyl groups of from 1 to 6, preferably 1 to 4, carbon atoms. Cycloaliphatic radicals contain from 3 to 7, preferably 5 to 7, carbon atoms and include both monocyclic and bicyclic ring systems.

These aliphatic or cycloaliphatic groups can'be optionally substituted, for example, by hydroxy, alkoxy, or acyloxy, the alkoxy and acyloxy groups containing 1 to 4, preferably 1 or 2, carbon atoms. The hydroxy group is the preferred substituent. Typical aliphatic and cycloaliphatic groups thus include methyl, ethyl, n-

3 propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, tert.-butyl, n-pentyl, isopentyl, hexyl, Z-hydroxyethyl, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, bicycle-(2,2,1 )-heptyl (norbornyl), and the like.

The substituents R and R are hydrogen or alkyl of from 1 to 4, preferably 1 to 2, carbon atoms. These alkyl groups can be optionally substituted with hydroxy, alkoxy or acyloxy, alkoxy and acyloxy groups containing 1 to 4, preferably 1 or 2, carbon atoms. Thus included are ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl and tert.-butyl, as well as the corresponding groups substituted by hydroxy.

R and R when taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, can also form a heterocyclic ring, preferably containing 6 ring members, and preferably with an oxygen atom, a sulphur atom, an N- alkyl group containing 1 to 4, preferably 1 or 2, carbon atoms, or the S0 group, as a ring member in the pposition relative to the nitrogen atom to which R and R are attached.

R is an alkyl of from 1 to 4, preferably 1 or 2, carbon atoms which may also be optionally substituted by hydroxy, alkoxy, acyloxy, alkoxy and acyloxy containing 1 to 4, preferably 1 or 2, carbon atoms. The hydroxy group is a particularly preferred substituent. R thus embraces such groups as methyl, ethyl, 2-hydroxyethyl and the like.

The alkali metal cation Y is, for example, that of sodium or potassium, preferably that of sodium.

R is phenyl, pyridyl or norborn-2-yl. When R is pyridyl, it can be bonded in the 2-, 3- or 4-position relative to the pyridyl nitrogen atom.

The above class of imines are obtained according to the process of the present invention by treatment of loxo-3-hydroxy-l ,3-dihydro-furo-( 3 ,4-b)-quinoxaline- 4,9-dioxide, which has the formula:

on g

I OH

M OH with an amine of the general formula H NR, in which R is as previously defined, M is an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal cation and x is l or 2.

The salts of the formula can be obtained from the lactone of formula through treatment with alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydrogen carbonates.

M is preferably the cation of sodium, potassium or most preferably calcium.

Both inorganic and organic polar solvents can be used as diluents for the reaction according to the invention, such as for example water, lower aliphatic alcohols of l to 4 carbon atoms, lower aliphatic nitriles such as acetonitrile, tetrahydrofurane, dioxane, dimethoxyethane, pyridine, dimethylformamide and the like.

The reaction according to the invention is carried out at a temperature of about 0C to about 50C. preferably 20C to about 35C.

In practice, the lactone or lactone salts are dissolved or suspended in the diluent, and this solution or suspension is then treated with an appropriate quantity of the amine. The formation of the imine or of the imine salt takes place in a weakly exothermic reaction and the final product is then isolated through conventional methods.

The imine salts (1) can also be prepared by the reaction of the free acids with amines.

The salts may be obtained in a subsequent step by conventional techniques or directly in the reaction of the lactone with the amine. If about 2 mols of the amine per mol of lactone are employed, the product will be in the form of that amine salt. If an alkali metal salt or alkaline earth metal salt of the lactone is employed, or if it is desired to obtain the free acid from the lactone, only about 1 mol of the amine per mol of the lactone or salt is required.

The course of the process according to the invention can thus be illustrated by the following equations:

Ulla

The following examples will serve to further typify the nature of this invention without being a limitation on the scope thereof.

EXAMPLE 1 23.4 g (0.1 mol) of l-oxo-3-hydroxy-l,3-dihydroin the form of yellow crystals, which after recrystallisation from isopropanol melt at 12325C, with decomposition.

Analysis: G l-1 N (molecular weight 334) Calculated: C 57.5% H 6.6% N 16.8% Found: C 57.1% H 5.8% N 16.8%

EXAMPLE 2 27.4 g (0.1 mol) of the Na salt of 2-(di-hydroxymethyl)-3-carboxy1ic acid-quinoxaline-di-N-oxide are dissolved in 100 ml of water and 7.3 g (0.1 mol) of tert,-butylamine are added. The temperature is kept at 25C by cooling. After 1 hour, the solution is evaporated in vacuo and 32 g of the compound of the formula are obtained in the form of yellow crystals which after recrystallisation from acetonitrile/water melt at 228C, with decomposition.

Analysis: C H N NaQ, (molecular weight 311) Calculated: C 54.0% 1-1 4.5% -N 13.5% Na 7.4% Found: c 53.7% H 4.9% N 13.5% Na 6.9%

The l-oxo-3hydroxy-l ,3-dihydro-furo-( 3,4-b)- quinoxaline-4,9-dioxide are thus obtained in the form of yellow crystals.

The compound is purified by dissolving it in sodium bircarbonate solution, filtering and acidifying the filtrate. The purified compound melts at 156 159C, whilst foaming.

Analysis: C H N O (235) Found:

The alkali metal salts or alkaline earth metal salts of 1-oxo-3-hydroxy- 1 ,3-dihydro-furo-( 3 ,4-b )-quinoxaline-4,9-dioxide can be manufactured as follows:

The lactone (9) is suspended in water and approximately the stoichiometrically required amount of the alkali metal hydrogen carbonate or alkaline earth metal hydrogen carbonate is added at room temperature. The salt of the lactone (10), thus produced, precipitates, after evaporation of the solution if necessary, and can be isolated in the usual manner. A

The following are obtained analogously to Examples 1 and 2:

Example point number Compound C.)

I I e e o o oHm-om CH=N-O H; l O

0 11 e e coolant-0,115

N C H=NC2Hs l O it e e C O OHaN-CaH1 N CH=N-C3117 l T 6 GB 4 N COOHzN- -CHz Ha CH a (I) CH=N- CHa Hit gm 0 OHaN (l) CH=N H COOHaN-CHz-CHz-OH \N/ oH=N-oH,-cH,oH

- Continued 1 Example h i r number Compound (3,)

N O COONa I CH=N-NHC \N u 6 l 0 2s p u 209 N COONa 29 1+) D 212-213 N o 0 OH \N/ CH=NNHC O O C2Hs so o a 156-157 5 o 0 OH CH=NNHCOOCH2OH2OH 0 I Decomposition.

As has already been mentioned, the new compounds of the invention surprisingly show an excellent chemotherapeutic activity. Their chemotherapeutic action was examined both in animal experiments (oral and subcutaneous administration) with acute bacterial infections, and in vitro. In both cases the compounds show a very good antibacterial action, and the range of 40 action encompasses both Gram-negative and Grampositive bacteria. The chemotherapeutic activity of the compounds according to the invention permits their use inhuman medicine and in veterinary medicine. Furthermore, the compounds can be employed as feedstuff additives, especially in raising young animals or fatstock. The good in vitro and in vivo activity of the compounds according to the invention can be seen from Tables 1, 2 and 3 below.

The minimum inhibitory concentrations in vitro for some of the new compounds shown in Table 1 (MIC) were determined by the plate test in an agar medium of the following composition:

. proteose peptone 10.0 g per litre veal extract (solids) 10.0 g do. dextrose 2.0 3 do. sodium chloride 3.0 g do. disodium phosphate 2.0 g do. sodium acetate 1.0 g do.

. adenine sulphate 0.01 g do.

guanine hydrochloride 0.01 g do. uracil 0.01 3 do. xanthin 0.01 g do.' neutral agar 12.0 g do.

5.10 X 10 germs were inoculatedper plate. Readings were taken after 24 and 48 hours, and the incubation temperature was about 37C..

Table 1 MIC in 'y/ml of medium Compound of Compound of Compound of Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) in 'y/ml of medium, measured by the series dilution test (complete medium), incubation temperature: 37C, determination of the MIC after 18, 24 and 48 hours.

Compound of Bacterium Example 13 Streptococcus faecalis ATCC 9700 50 do. 8564 Streptococcus fnecalis ATCC E11. 100 do. Blaschke 6-25 do. species 100 do. liquef. 50

do durans 25 Escherichia coli C 50-100 do. 2 25 50 do. 55 B 5 3-6 do. A 261 25-50 do. 183/58 6-12 Proteus mirabilis G 12 do. do. 2935 12 do. vulgaris 3400 50 do. do. 1017 17 Pseudomonas aerugt'nosa W 400 do. M 25 do. B 25 Klebsiella ATCC 10031 1-2 do. K10 50 do. 63 50 Salmonella paratyphii BB 11 1 12 Corynebacterium diphtert'ae gravis 5-10 Slaphylocaccus aureus 133 1 do. 7705 12 do. BRL l2 Net'sseria catharalis N 1/41 6 M ycoplasma gallisepticum 6 Myctgalasma Gallisepticum 6 o. granularum 3 Mycobacterium tuberculosis H 37 RV 40 measured in u PPLO medium For the compound of Example 3, the following minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) (y/ml of nutrient medium) were measured by the series dilution test (PPLO medium), incubation temperature 37C, determination after 18, 24 and 48 hours.

Bacterium MlC M ycoplarma gallisepticum 100 do. gramularum 25 do. bovirhinis 200 In animal experiments on mice, the effective 100 percent dose (ED in mg/Kg was determined for certain compounds of the invention after intraperitoneal infection and subcutaneous (s.c.) or oral (p.o.) administration of the preparation.

acid, talc, and ointment bases. Examples of pharmaceutical compositions according to the invention are ointments, pastes, creams, sprays, lotions, aqueous and non-aqueous suspensions, emulsions, and solutions (including parenterally injectable solutions), elixirs and syrups, and granulates and powders either free-flowing or compressed into tablets.

Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention adapted for oral administration are a preferred embodiment of the invention. The diluents and carriers used are preferably therefore those that adapt the active in- In general, it has proved advantageous, in acute general infections, to administer amounts of about 5 mg to about 200 mg per kilogram, preferably about to about 50 mg per kilogram of body weight per day, to achieve effective results. Nevertheless it can at times be necessary to deviate from the amounts mentioned, in particular depending on the body weight of the test animal or patient or on the nature of the method of administration, but also because of the type of animal and its individual behavior towards the medicament, or because of the nature of the formulation of the latter, and the point in time or interval at which administration takes place. Thus it can, in some cases, suffice to use less than the abovementioned minimum amount, whilst in other cases the upper limit mentioned must be exceeded. In the case of the administration of larger amounts it can be advisable to divide these into several individual doses over the course of the day. The same range of dosages is envisaged for administration in human medicine. The other comments made above also apply in a general sense.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing as an active ingredient at least one of the new compounds of the general formula (1) given above in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable solid or liquid diluent or carrier as hereinafter define.

In the present specification the expression pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier" means a nontoxic substance that when mixed with the active ingredient or ingredients renders it suitable for administragredient or ingredients for oral administration. Examples of such diluents and carriers are solid vehicles, excipients and lubricants such as glucose, lactose and sucrose, corn and potato starch, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, ethyl cellulose and cellulose acetate, powdered gum tragacanth, gelatin, alginic acid, agar, talc, stearic acid and sodium, calcium and magnesium stearates, sodium lauryl sulphate, polyvinyl-pyrollidone, sodium citrate, calcium carbonate, and dicalcium phosphate.

The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention may also contain other non-toxic adjuvants and modifiers such as dyes, surfactants, perfumes, flavouring agents, such as sweeteners, preservatives and biocides.

Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention adapted for parenteral injection are another preferred embodiment of the invention. The diluents and carriers used are therefore preferably those that adapt the active ingredient for parenteral administration. Examples of diluents and carriers that adapt the active ingredient for parenteral administration are solvents and suspending diluents such as water, vegetable fatty oils, such as sesame oil, groundnut oil, corn oil, and cottonseed oil, aqueous propylene glycol, N,N'-dimethylformamide, and dimethyl sulphoxide. In general, any non-aqueous diluent can be used that does not reduce the activity of the active ingredient and is non-toxic in the dose employed.

For the administration of the water-soluble .compounds of the invention by'parenteral injection sterile aqueous solutions can be employed, and are within the scope of-the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention. Such aqueous solutions should preferably when necessary be buffered in the usual manner, and the liquid diluent should preferably before administration be rendered isotonic by adding the requisite amount of salt or glucose. Such sterile buffered isotonic solutions are especially suitable for intravenous, intramuscular and intraperitoneal injections. These pharmaceutical compositions of the invention can further contain local anaesthetics or substances that promote the diffusion of the active ingredient, for example hyaluronidase.

The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention preferably contain 0.5 to 90 wt. percent of at least one new compound of the invention.

The present invention also provides medicaments in dosage unit form as hereinafter defined comprising as an active ingredient at least one compound of general formula (1) given above either alone or in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable solid or liquid diluent or carrier. In this case the diluent or carrier is preferably as defined above but can also be water or another common solvent.

The expression medicament in dosage unit form as used in the present specification means as medicament in the form of discrete portions each containing a unit dose or a multiple or sub-multiple of a unit dose of the active ingredient(s); for example, one, two, three or four unit doses or a half, a third or a quarter of a unit dose. A unit dose is the amount of the active ingredient(s) to be administered on one occasion and will usually be a daily dose, or for example a half, a third, or a quarter of a daily dose depending on whether the medicament is to be administered once or, for example,

twice, three times, or four times a day.

The discrete portions constituting the medicament in dosage unit form can include a protective envelope. The active ingredient can be undiluted and contained in such an envelope, or can be mixed with a pharmaceutically acceptable solid or liquid diluent or carrier as defined above. Such portions can for example be in monolithic coherent form, such as tablets, lozenges, pastilles, pills, suppositories, or dragees; in wrapped or concealed form, the active ingredients being within a protective envelope, such as wrapped powders, cachets, sachets, capsules, or ampoules; or in the form of a sterile solution suitable for parenteral injection, such as ampoules of buffered, isotonic, sterile, pyrogen-free aqueous solution; or in any other form known in the art.

As stated above, peroral administration is a preferred mode of administration. Preferred medicaments in dosage unit form according to the invention are therefore those adapted for oral administration, such as tablets, pills, dragees, capsules, and cachets, as well as wrapped powders containing the active ingredient in powdered form with a powdered diluent or carrier for suspension in water before being taken.

As also stated above a further preferred mode of administration is parenteral administration. Preferred medicaments in dosage unit form according to the invention are therefore those adapted for parenteral injection, such as ampoules containing a measured quantity of a sterile isotonic saline injectable aqueous solution of the new active ingredient, which may be buffered with a pharmaceutically acceptable buffer and are preferably free of pyrogens.

The preferred unit dose for administration of the medicaments of the invention is 250 16,000 mg. of active ingredient, preferably 1,250 4,000 mg. This will usually be administered once daily.

The invention further provides a method of combatting bacterial infection in an animal which comprises administering to the animal (preferably parenterally or perorally) an effective amount of one of the new com pounds, either alone, as a pharmaceutical composition according to the invention, or as a medicament in dosage unit form according to the invention.

Indications envisaged in human medicine are especially general infections, and infections of the efferent urinary tract, caused by Gram-positive and Gramnegative bacteria and by mycoplasma, and in veterinary medicine are general infections caused by Gramnegative and Gram-positive bacteria and by mycoplasma. Infections of the respiratory passages in poultry, especially in chicks, and mastitis of cows, may be maintained particularly.

The new compounds can, as has already been mentioned, also be employed as a feedstuff additive, predominantly in raising young animals, especially chicks and fatstock.

The preparations can be administered in the feedstuff, special feedstuff preparations and feedstuff concentrates, but also via the drinking water.

The invention therefore also provides animal feedstuffs and feedstuff concentrates containing at least one of the new compounds of general formula (1).

The administration of the new compounds together What is claimed is: l. A compound of the formula:

N j-GOOY \N o1r=NR l .9. or a pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salt thereof wherein Y is hydrogen, an alkali metal cation or the cation R NI-I and each of R and R is 1 Hmf lf NH 3 2. A compound according to claim 1 wherein Y is hydrogen.

3. A compound according to claim 1 wherein Y is a sodium or potassium cation.

4. The compound according to claim 1 which is N NHL 0 

1. A COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA
 2. A compound according to claim 1 whErein Y is hydrogen.
 3. A compound according to claim 1 wherein Y is a sodium or potassium cation.
 4. The compound according to claim 1 which is 